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Old 08-15-2004, 07:27 AM   #13
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Just don't fish braid on a 704Z or spheros. While the spheros is a "sw" reel...it is made for mono. I have several of the thunnus sw spin reels (just in a quality sw baitrunner series) as well as a few regular baitrunners which are in the same sw series as the spheros. It is a good reel but does not handle braid nearly as well as the reels that offer the "super slow ossilation". IMO this is the key to reels that work and reels that don't work with braid. I have done my onw testing with different spools of braid back to back...it is NOT the line it is the REEL...Reels that had the super slow ossilation cast braid amazingly...those that don't exibit different degrees of problems but all has some braid issues.
This super slow osil. packs the line like rope on a spool and allows for trouble free casting. I have *never* had a problem with a wind know or sluffing off in two hard years of using braid with superslow ossil reels...the others I have.

If you plan to fish braid, the stradic is better (it has super slow osil) but I would step it up a notch and get the sustain. This is a stella with 6 ball bearings instead of 15(stella). Personally I fish with stella's but I know several guys that fish the heck out of sustains and they seem to hold up great. (and are nearly half the cost of a stella) IMO this is a great value reel for braid that will hold up.
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